RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Courtney-Thorne says that, while replacing an ‘ageing’ nurse call system with an HTM-compliant version can be ‘daunting, financially and operationally’, with its ‘08’ wireless nurse call system, a typical ward can have its system replaced ‘in days’, often without needing to be closed.

Specialist in the design of anti-ligature door and window fittings, Primera, says that, ‘until now’, access control has ‘posed a serious challenge within the mental healthcare environment – largely because conventional access control products do not cater for the specific safety needs of the service user’.

The ‘economic, social, and environmental benefits of sustainable decentralised energy’ will be showcased by MITIE’s Asset Management division.

Issues such as infection control, pressure management, and manual handling, are key considerations in the design of all the hospital and other healthcare furniture manufactured by Taurus Contract Furniture, with the same care and expertise applied to manufacture and fit-out, the company says.

Advanced Hygienic Contracting will explain the benefits of ‘the world’s first proven antimicrobial PVC wall cladding to incorporate BioCote silver ion antimicrobial technology’.

Environmental Water Systems (UK) will unveil its the EcoSave water softeners, and Endotherm Mini, at this year’s Healthcare Estates event.

With energy costs increasing, and growing pressure on organisations to cut their carbon emissions, Trend Control Systems says natural ventilation ‘looks set to enjoy considerably wider use’.

This presentation will explain how collaboration between the Lincolnshire Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT), design teams, and the contractor, culminated in an award-winning mental health rehabilitation facility in Lincoln.

Joe Forster, chairman of the Design in Mental Health Network (DIMHN), will look closely at the design of anti-ligature door and window fittings in the context of forthcoming changes to the Door & Hardware Federation’s technical specification for anti-ligature products – TS001.

GE and Bart’s Health NHS Trust will be describing an approach via which they are working together ‘to deliver a new and innovative approach to carbon and energy usage reduction, by looking not just at the latest technology, but also at the Trust’s most important resource – its people’.

Duncan Agnew, head of the Healthcare team at designer and manufacturer of the PowerStar voltage optimisation system, EMSc (UK), will use the company’s HEJ Product Showcase presentation to explain how voltage optimisation works, identify where it does and does not reduce electricity consumption, and ‘outline the many benefits of implementing the technology in the healthcare sector’.

“With a carbon footprint equivalent to 21 million tonnes of CO2, and shrinking budgets, few organisations face an environmental challenge like the NHS.

According to Dalkia, with the sector facing continuing pressure to reduce carbon emissions and footprint, NHS Trusts now have at their disposal a wide range of potential solutions that can substantially cut CO2 emissions from electricity, heat, and cooling systems.

Emergency lighting is a vital element of any life safety system, and plays a key role in guiding people to a safe location in the event of mains lighting failure.

C-TEC’s Quantec addressable call system is ‘playing a key role’ in safeguarding staff at a new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Belfast.

Spirax Sarco is launching insulation jackets tailored for pipeline equipment, such as valves, steam traps, and flowmeters.

Building energy management system specialist, Trend Controls, describes its latest IQView touchscreen display, IQView8, as ‘a major breakthrough in making energy management as simple and accessible as possible’.

Construction Specialties says its new ‘dynamic, controllable, sun-shading product’, Solarmotion, can help reduce heat gain ‘by up to 85%’, reducing the need for air conditioning and electrical lighting, and maximising comfort and daylight for building occupants.

Specialist contractor, Prater, has won the contract to provide a complete external envelope for the New South Glasgow Acute Hospital (NSGH).

Patients in a new seven cubicle recovery suite at the Day Surgery Unit at the St Mary’s Hospital in Newport, on the Isle of Wight, are benefitting from an Airwave patient entertainment system incorporating wall-mounted Samsung Healthcare LCD HD televisions.